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Saturday’s game at Boston College is a milestone for the University of Maine football program. The Black Bears’ contest against the Eagles of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Bowl Championship Subdivision, is No. 1,000 in program history. UMaine athletics … Continue reading →

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Those who read last week’s BDN story about the finances of the University of Maine athletic department probably had mixed reactions. Yes, $16.5 million seems like a lot of money to run a department of 400 student-athletes and 90 coaches, … Continue reading →

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ORONO, Maine — One might expect a college president to take a few minutes to address his school’s football team after a championship victory. On Friday afternoon, University of Maine President Paul Ferguson instead made a preseason appearance at Alfond … Continue reading →

It seems fitting the Colonial Athletic Association Football Conference has again looked northward to help solidify its ranks. The recently announced additions of Stony Brook and the University at Albany for 2013 speaks volumes about the quality of football being … Continue reading →

With training camps set to open in less than two weeks, the silence is deafening in the Colonial Athletic Association football ranks. Despite the impending departures of Old Dominion and Georgia State to the Bowl Championship Subdivision ranks and Rhode … Continue reading →

Football is alive and well in the United States. The trend can be seen on a small scale in the continued growth at the high school level in Maine, but it has been even more dramatic at the college level. … Continue reading →

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Boston University’s athletic program has been the class of the America East Conference in recent years. Seven consecutive times, the Terriers have earned the Stuart P. Haskell Commissioner’s Cup, which is awarded to the the most successful program based on … Continue reading →

Earning a spot on the U.S. Olympic track and field team is an incredible accomplishment. That fact was brought home Thursday night as I watched the finals of the men’s 5,000-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Wash. … Continue reading →

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From 1976-1986, the University of Maine baseball team made six trips to the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. During the next 13 years, as the NCAA continued to alter the Regional pairings and the format that determined the CWS … Continue reading →

The University of Maine women’s basketball team will be virtually unrecognizable next season. That isn’t a bad thing, given the Black Bears’ recent futility in the America East Conference and beyond. Richard Barron wasn’t about to allow the struggles to … Continue reading →